For as long as I can remember, my nickname was Dusty. I remember my dad naming me that because of the streets where we lived. Dusty Rhodes Read Quote
My mom was from Germantown and was of German descent. She was a real force behind me and my dream. She was always my biggest fan, even when I was wrestling at an early age. Dusty Rhodes Read Quote
The combination of old and new is what every wrestling organization should be like. That way, you have a chance to match up the legends in dream main events. Dusty Rhodes Read Quote
Believability and respect are two of the main ingredients in professional wrestling that are sorely missing today. Dusty Rhodes Read Quote
I can’t explain it, but from the first day I stepped into a wrestling ring, I knew that one day I was going to be a big superstar. I knew that one day I would be the NWA World Heavyweight Champion like my hero, Lou Thesz. Dusty Rhodes Read Quote
I wasn’t always Rhodes, but I was always Dusty. I was never called Virgil – not by my family, not by my friends. Even my teachers at school didn’t call me Virgil. Dusty Rhodes Read Quote
One of the regrettable things in my life is that my dad was not around to see my stardom, to see me wrestle or to see what I achieved by the dream I had at an early age, influenced by where he would like to go. Dusty Rhodes Read Quote
